The following statement appears
on the back of the original wrapper of Number 32: 'No.
XXXIII / WILL BE PUBLISHED IN /
JUNE.' [Present writer's collection]

This Number sold about 8500 on the
first day [Harewood MS., WG to George Canning, 17
Sept. 1817]

This Number sold about 12,000
altogether [Barrow, Autobiography, 506]

An acerbic editor's note on page
286, appended to #430, states that a 'second' edition of Lady
Morgan's France, recently published, is merely a
reprint of the first edition

Both Murray and Gifford were ill
just as this Number was going to press [Duke MS.,
Henry Hallam to JM, 7 Sept. 1817]

#424, on the East India Company,
was originally announced in the Courier to appear in
Number 31

Duke MS., Henry Hallam to JM, 7
Sept. 1817, speaks of the next QR. In a subsequent
sentence says, 'I have met with much civility, &
tolerable punctuality at the printer's. But a little
falling off in the regularity of the press would throw us out
[off?] for the next paper, & I hope you will occasionally
keep a look out after him [them?].' It is not clear if
the reference is to QR articles but it is more likely
to Hallam's Middle Ages (1818)

Murray MS., WG to Robert William
Hay, 1 Sept. 1817, refers to Hay's 'interesting article.' His
last known contribution is #397, published Nov.
1816

Number of definite attributions for
this issue: 7

Number of probable or possible
attributions for this issue: 4

CONTENTS,
IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRIBUTORS, AND HISTORICAL NOTES

420 Article 1. Burney, A
Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the
South Sea or Pacific Ocean; illustrated with Charts and
Plates; Martin, An Account of the Natives of the Tonga
Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, with an original Grammar
and Vocabulary of their language; Transactions of the
Missionary Society, 1-39. Author: Robert Southey.

The following evidence is published
here for the first time. The article appears in Southey's
definitive MS. list of his QR articles. The article's
author refers to #97, which is also by Southey.

[Bookseller's note, modified: Mariner was
a young British sailor on the Port au Prince that sailed in
1805, a whaler that spent much of her time attacking Spanish
shipping. In the spring of 1806 she captured two ships, the
brig Santa Isidora and the corvette Santa Maria. The Port au
Prince visited Hawaii in late 1806, and then sailed with a
number of Hawaiian crew. At Tonga the crew mutinied; most of
the crew were massacred by the natives, but Mariner, who had
come under the protection of the king lived there as his
adopted son for four years. Mariner's story was cited by Byron
as one of the two sources for his poem 'The Island, or
Christian and his Comrades,' a romantic narrative of the Bounty
mutiny. Mariner's work is one of the earliest accounts of
indigenous medical practices in the Pacific. John Martin,
Mariner's ghost-writer, was a physician and meteorologist of
some note. Hill, p. 192.]

JM III's Register: attribution to
Southey, but without evidence.

421 Article 2. Dugald Stewart,
Dissertation prefixed to the Supplemental Volumes of the
Encyclopœdia Britannica, exhibiting a General View of the
Progress of Metaphysical, Moral and Political Philosophy in
Europe, from the Revival of Letters,
39-72. Author:
William Rowe Lyall, probably.

The following evidence is published
here for the first time. The evidence in Shine is not in itself
sufficient for a definite identification. However, the
attribution is buttressed by internal evidence. There are a
number of passages in this article that resemble passages in
#322, which is by Lyall. There is possibly a reference on p.39
to #322. See also p.53n: 'We are glad to be able to defend our
opinions concerning the inferior merits of Bacon's
philosophical works.' On that point cf. pg. 307 of #322. Note
the author's use of italics and repeated use of the phrases 'we
shall not,' 'we have not,' 'we do not,' 'we would not,' 'having
thus,' characteristic of Lyall's writing.

The subject of this article was
reviewed in ER #774, Sept. 1816, by James
Mackintosh.

JM III's Register: attribution to
Lyall, and note: 'on the authority of his nephew Canon
Pearson.'

Notes: In the absence of guidance from JM III's
Register, Shine does not suggest an author for this
article.

The following evidence is published
here for the first time. The article's author refers to #178, a
review by Barrow that is on the same topic as #422. The
reviewer quotes with approval a passage from #422. The
article's author also refers to #353, which is by Barrow. In
his QR articles, it was Barrow's signature
practice to refer to his own works. Note emphasis on China and
on races, typical of Barrow. The article ends with: 'We must
now take leave of . . . .' a phrase typically used by Barrow
(cf. #416).

The subject of this article was
reviewed in ER #869, Mar. 1819, by John
Crawfurd.

A Note to this article appears on
pages 287-89; it is mostly a quotation from a newspaper account
of the massacre of the Javanese by the Dutch in late
1816.

Notes: In the absence of guidance from JM III's
Register, Shine does not suggest an author for this
article.

The following evidence demonstrates
Maturin's authorship and is published here for the first time.
NLS MS. 2224 (f.79) Charles Robert Maturin to Walter Scott, 31
Nov. [1815?], thanks him for advice and says he is most anxious
to write for QR. Murray MS., Maturin to JM, 27 Sept.
1817, thanks Murray for advice concerning his style for future
articles, speaks of having 'panegyrized her
^Miss E. highly but justly' and that he
hopes in the future to be paid more. Murray MS., Maturin to JM,
3 Oct. 1817, speaks of his article on Edgeworth's novels in
preparation. Note the promise on p.107 of #423 of a return to
the subject. Murray MS., Maturin to JM, 28 Jan. 1818: 'Having
heard nothing of the critique on Miss E, I'll send it to the
British Review.'

Claimed by Croker in three of his
Clements Library MS. lists and included in the Cambridge
University bound volumes of Croker's articles. Note, however,
that in these lists Croker mistakenly claims #42 (on
Edgeworth's Tales). Apparently Croker misremembered his
having written all of the reviews of Edgeworth in the
QR. Also, while the review appears on two of Croker's
comprehensive lists, it does not appear on a third list that is
demonstrably later and more complete.

424 Article 5. Malthus, Statements
respecting the East India College, with an Appeal to Facts, in
refutation of the Charges lately brought against it in the
Court of Proprietors; Minute of the Marquis of
Wellesley, relative to the College of Fort William, dated
the 18th August, 1800 (Asiatic Register,
1800), 107-54. Author:
Robert William Hay, possibly.

Running
Title:East India College.

Notes:In the absence of guidance from JM III's Register,
Shine does not suggest an author for this
article.

The following evidence and
information is published here for the first time. Harewood MS.,
WG to George Canning, 27 July 1817, says that if Canning
intends to contribute to this Number, he should submit his
article soon. The writing, however, does not resemble
Canning's. Murray MS., WG to Robert William Hay, 1 Sept. 1817,
refers to Hay's 'interesting article.' His last known
contribution is #397, published Nov. 1816. The fairly frequent
use of dashes and parentheses and italics is characteristic of
Hay's writing. The topic and the quality of the writing, the
introduction of classical allusions and quotations, and the
grand peroration suggest Robert Grant. Malthus's work
cited in the article's head note was published by John
Murray.

The East India College was the
subject of an article in ER, #786, Dec. 1816, by Andrew
Rutherford.

425 Article 6. Hazlitt, The Round
Table, a Collection of Essays on Literature, Men and
Manners, 154-59. Author: John Taylor Coleridge,
possibly.

Running
Title: Hazlitt's Round Table.

Notes: In querying its attribution to James
Russell, Shine cites JM III's Register; Smiles II 44; Graham
41; Graham in SP XXII 506; and Clark 213. Shine says to
'See, however, Entry 487' where Russell is
asserted to be a misreading for Barrett (Eton Stannard
Barrett). In suggesting William Gifford as an alternative
attribution, Shine cites Hazlitt, 295-401; Smiles I 263, 263n;
and Robinson I, 210. [Quarterly Review Archive editor's
note: None of these sources supply evidence to prove their
assertion or assumption that Gifford wrote the article.
]

The following hints are published
here for the first time. No definitive evidence has been found
to demonstrate the article's authorship. Murray MS., Book Loans
Register: the book reviewed was sent to 'J. T. Coleridge' on 14
July 1817 and returned 21 Aug. 1817. The topic, tone, and
length suggest WG.

426 Article 7. Travels in
Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, by Edward
Daniel Clarke, LL.D. Part the Second—Greece,
Egypt and the Holy Land. Sections Second and Third. To which is
added a Supplement, respecting the Author's Journey from
Constantinople to Vienna, containing his Account of the Gold
Mines of Transylvania and Hungary.Vol. III. pp. 866. Vol. IV. pp.
769, 160-217. Author: Reginald Heber.

Running Title: Clarke's
Travels—Vols. III. and IV.

Notes:In querying its attribution to Robert
Southey, Shine cites only the Gentleman's Magazine XXI
140, which lacks authority.

The following evidence in favour of Heber's authorship
is published here for the first time. The article is not in
Southey's definitive holograph MS. list of his QR
articles. Murray MS., Reginald Heber to JM, 2 July 1816, says
he will review Clarke's last two volumes. Murray MS., Heber to
JM, 14 Aug. 1816, says he has not yet received the Clarke
volumes. Murray MS., Book Loans Register: Clarke's
Travels Vol. III was sent to 'Rev. R. Heber' on 19 Sept.
1816 and returned 29 July 1817; vols. IV and V were sent to
'Rev. R. Heber' on 9 June 1817. Murray MS., Cash Day Book
1817-1819, p. 36, dated 10 June 1817, 'Carriage of Parcel to
Rev. R. Heber'. Volume I of Clarke's travels was reviewed at
#110 by George Ellis, Volume II at #242, by Reginald
Heber.

Notes:In attributing the article to Croker,
Shine cites JM III's Register and Brightfield 454. Shine also
quotes from the following two letters. Murray MS. WG to JM
[erroneous notation on outside: 1819-20]: 'I have been obliged
to alter the conclusion of Paris ... but it was a
repetition....' Iowa MS. JM to John Wilson Croker, n.d.:
'Crawley wrote to me to thank me for the Number of the
Review—adding that the article on Paris was uncommonly
flattering.'

The following evidence and information is published
here for the first time. Claimed by Croker in four of his
Clements Library MS. lists and included in the Cambridge
University bound volumes of Croker's articles. The poem's
author is George Croly (1780-1860, DNB), a frequent
contributor to Blackwood's Magazine.

The following evidence is published here for the first
time. The article's author refers to #104, a review of the
first volume of this work, which is also by Barrow and is a
continuation of its arguments, especially its promotion of
Captain Flinders. In his QR articles, it was
Barrow's signature practice to refer to his own works. An
appendix to this article appears on
pp.287-89.

[Bookseller's note, modified (justifying
a sale price of over $27,000 US): 'The rare and important
official account of the Baudin voyage to Australia and the
Pacific, sent out by the French government in 1800 with orders
to complete the cartographic survey of the Australian coast.
Péron sailed
as naturalist on the expedition and Freycinet as cartographer.
It was a celebrated voyage, which brought back to France the
most important collection of natural history specimens in the
history of the French Museum, as well as a wealth of
geographical and other information. Flinders completed his
survey of the Australian coast before Baudin, but Flinders's
imprisonment by the French in Mauritius for seven years
resulted in the French exploration account being published
first. Consequently, the Baudin-Freycinet narrative includes
the first complete and fully detailed map of the Australian
continent. The Atlas Historique contains a series of wonderful
coloured plates, some of the most beautiful early views of
Australia and fine natural history images. Ferguson, 449; Hill,
pp. 229-230; Wantrup, 78a & 79a.']

JM III's Register: attribution to Barrow, but without
evidence.

429 Article 10. Sheil, The
Tragic Drama.—The Apostate; a Tragedy, in Five Acts,
248-60. Author: Charles
Robert Maturin, with William Gifford.

Running Title:The Tragic
Drama.—The Apostate.

Notes:In co-attributing the article to
Maturin and Gifford, Shine cites JM III's Register; Graham 41;
Clark 179; and the DNB on Maturin. Shine says to see
also Smiles I 293; Grierson XII 361-62; and Scott-Maturin 82.
Shine quotes from the following letters. Murray MS., WG to JM
[1817]: 'I enclose the Apostate for Rowarth [the printer]. A
more potato-headed arrangement I never saw—or rather
derangement. I have endeavoured to bring some order out of the
chaos .... I have reduced its bulk from 19 to about 14 pages.'
Notation at top of letter: 'Maturin's Review of Shiell's
Apostate.' Iowa MS., JM to John Wilson Croker, n.d.: 'The
Article on the Apostate is by
Maturin.'

The following evidence is published here for the first
time. NLS MS. 866 (ff. 145-46), JM to Walter Scott, 27 May
1817, says that Maturin is writing for the QR; he
(Murray) doubts that Maturin will succeed, and says that
'Sheils play [sic] is really very wonderful in
performance ....' Murray MS., Charles Maturin to JM, 3 Oct.
1817, asks for the return of his manuscript of the article on
Sheil. John Murray published the volume under
review.

JM III's Register: attribution to Maturin and with the
following note: 'from a letter of his dated Oct 3
1817'

430 Article 11. France,
260-86. Author: John
Wilson Croker and William Gifford, with John Hookham
Frere.

Running Title:France, by Lady
Morgan.

Notes:In co-attributing the article to
Croker and Gifford, Shine cites JM III's Register and, for
Croker alone, Gentleman's Magazine XXI 140;
Jennings I 98; Brightfield 332n, 333, 454; and Pfeiffer in
PQ XI 105, 412. Shine says to see also Smiles II 65;
Warter III 78, 78-79; and Fitzpatrick 189-90, 198. Shine also
quotes from a number of letters, including the following:
Murray MS., J[ohn]. H[ookham]. Frere to JM, [n.d.]: 'I wish
very much to have Ly Morgan—I have done I think a sheet
... just in the proper way .... a rodomantade of humorous
nonsense ... the most laughablenonsense that I
ever did.' Pencil notation on letter: 'Q R 33 Art 11.' Murray
MS., WG to JM [1816]: 'Frere is excellent—his letter
shall be taken care of.' Iowa MS., WG to JM, postmarked Aug 16,
1817: 'There are good hopes of the next No. [of the QR]
but I am anxious to get out of this, & therefore would have
you quicken Mr Frere, now that he has mentioned his purpose. Do
you think that it will be advisable to delay publication beyond
the 1st of September? The paper truly will be highly desirable.
Try to ascertain this before you leave town. Represent to him,
the necessity of losing no time.' Murray MS., WG to JM
[erroneous notation on outside: '1819-20.' Allusion to article
on Paris (see Entry 427) establishes 1817]: 'The Art [on Lady
Morgan] seems ... formal & somewhat tending toward a
pleading ... it is shrewd & convincing, &, I think,
powerful .... Pray let Mr Smith copy out for me from the
preface that part in which she notices advice to her in our
former No. I think more may be made of it.' Iowa MS., JM to
Croker, n.d.: The Marchioness of Abercorn called to express her
gratification at seeing Lady Morgan so justly exposed in the
Review. Many others are doing the same,—a few of them
thinking it too violent, but none thinking it unjust. Shine
also cites Jennings I 102 that quotes Croker to Robert Peel, 26
Nov. 1817: 'I wrote the main part ... but ... was called away
to Ireland when it was in the press; and I am sorry to say that
some blunders crept in accidentally, and one or two were
premeditatedly added....' Shine also cites Clark 196-99 who
thinks it does not resemble Croker's work and suggests Gifford.
Shine also cites Pfeiffer in PQ XI 101, 412, that quotes
WG to JM, 1817: 'I am not surprised at what C says of Lady
Morgan.... The criticism, however, must be softened
....'

The following evidence is published here for the first
time. John Hookham Frere evidently read and commented on a
draft of the article and asked that its criticisms be toned
down. Iowa MS. (f.94), WG to JM [16 Aug. 1817]: 'I am not
surprised at what Mr. F[rere]. says of Lady Morgan, and shall
be glad to receive his remarks. The book, however, is so
diabolical ... that it merits a more than common degree of
reprobation. The woman is dangerous. She is labouring to
acquire notoriety; she is a professed writer for the public;
& her impudent & persevering puffs cannot, I suspect,
be met by gentle means. She is evidently capable, &
desirous of doing mischief. It is necessary to put an
extinguisher on her popularity with the ignorant & young
& innocent. The criticism, however, must be softened[,] yet
I can excuse our friend C. & even approve his indignation.'
Iowa MS. (f.142), WG to JM, n.d., has been reading the first
volume of Lady Morgan, finds it far worse than he had
suspected, thinks that Croker has missed an important point.
'It is a counterpart of Hobhouse whom she evidently had in
view—pray send a line to Ryde before you set out, &
beg Mr C. to think of this, & draw C. to this
comparison. A few lines will do it.' Claimed by Croker in four
of his Clements Library MS. lists and included in the Cambridge
University bound volumes of Croker's articles. The article's
author refers to #412 (specific reference on p. 261n), which is
also by Croker. Proofs of part of the article and part of the
manuscript in Croker's hand are preserved in the Murray
archives. An acerbic editor's note on page 286, appended to
#430, states that a 'second' edition of Lady Morgan's
France, recently published, is merely a reprint of the
first edition.